Wimauma pastor charged with sexual battery of a child

FLORIDA
WFLA

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL (WFLA) –
A Wimauma pastor is charged with capital sexual battery after investigators say he admitted to performing sex acts on a girl under the age of eleven, thirty to forty years ago.

Patrick H. Shiver, 72, is a practicing Pastor at the Casa De Dios church in Wimauma and has been a pastor at numerous churches in Hillsborough County, according to investigators.

During a controlled telephone call between the victim and Patrick Shiver, Shiver admitted to performing sexual acts with the victim while she was under the age of eleven and sexual intercourse while she was between the ages of fourteen and seventeen years old. Detectives say the alleged acts happened in Hillsborough County.

Later during interviews with detectives, Patrick Shiver admitted to the allegations.

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